Tag-rest for soap.



L. G. ALLEN.

TAG BEST FOR SOAP. V APPLIOA-TIOH rILnn APB.1. 1907.

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PATENTED JUNE 25', 1907;

UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

LEWIS C. ALLEN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE M. WERK COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

TAG-REST FOR SOAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25,1907.

To allwhom it may concern;

Be it known that I, LEWIS C. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful In provements in Tag-Rests for Soap, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined rest and tag adapted to be used in connection with cakes of soap.

When embedded in a cake of soap, the exposed surface while higher than the contiguous surface of the bar, presents a smooth edge to the hand, preventing any abrasion of the skin. It is not removed from the bar when in use, but is adapted to be used as a rest. When the bar is placed tag side down, it will be seen that this rest will hold the soap up out of contact with the surface on which it is laid, and hence prevent the soap from becoming soft an slimy and thus avoids the wasting attendant upon the use of the ordinary bar of soap, from contact wilth the water upon the place upon which it is aid. A

Beside the deterioration sufiered by a plain bar of soap from lying in contact with moisture,- the flat cake ,is hard to pick up from any flat surface because of suction. It will be apparent that with my invention, in raising the cake from the'object on which it is laid, the tag-restallows air to pass under the cake and thus avoids the annoyance caused by suction.

The tag-rest itself is so formed that water will pass within its head and soften up the inclosed soap, so that it will wash out. The

- weight of the bar will then tend to keep the tag-rest pressed constantl into the soap far enough to remain embed ed safely and perform its function.

My invention has an additional utility in -that the tag-rest, which is ofcourse formed of met-a1 or some other substance insoluble in water and which will not be destroyed by the soap, may bear the advertisement or trade mark of the soap maker or vendor as desired, and such tags ma by the maker or seller be given a value so t at when properly returned by the user, they may be exchanged for remiums.

' y invention may be. made in any form,

consistent with-its utility, that pleases the user; and is illustrated in'the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a top plan View of a round tag rest with two wash-out openings. Fig. 2, is the same with four such openings. Fig. 3, is the same with two largeopemngs. Fig.

4, is the same. with a considerable number of smaller openings. Fig. 5, is the same with a more ornamental design formed by the openings. Fig. 6, shows a top plan view of a square tag-rest with four square openings. Fig. 7, is a top plan view of a diamond shaped rest with four diamond shaped openings. Fig. 8, is an axial section on the line x, x of Fig. 1, and Fig. 9, is a perspective, showing the form of tag in Fig. lbedded in a bar of soap.

In the drawings, A designates the tag-rest as a Whole,-a represents the top portion or head, and a the peripheral flange which is hol the tag-rest in position. The top a is pierced by any desired number of suitable perforations a That part of the top which remains after it has been perforated may be ornamented or used to bear the name of the maker, his trade mark or the like as indicated in Figs. 3 and 9.

If. desired for the purpose of ornamentation, or to make the tag-rest stick tighter to the bar, the flange may be serrated as shown in Fig. 4, and there can be no objection to any ornamentation or any form of the device unless it exposes to the hand of the user of the soa a rough or sharp edge; and there can be no 0 cation to any size or shape of perforations t at do not over or under expose the confined portion of the soap. In practice, it is found that a plurality of such perforations is desirable that the water may freely wash 'throu h the openings, first rendering the surface 0 the confined soapsoft and slimy, and

adapted to be bedded in the bar of soap to then washing away portions with succeeding actions. Capillary attraction will serve to convey water from the exterior of the tag rest when in use to the interior, and thus kee the confined soap soft.

I the exposed portion of the bar washes away so ra idly as to leave the tag-rest hi h enough to e apt to be dislodged, it may e necessary to strike it against the surface on which the bar is resting, but this is a detail that will depend upon the selection and arrangement of Wash-out perforations.

,l-claim as my invention and desire to seiire by Letters Patent of the United States:

1. A tag rest for soap cakes, formed of a substance insoluble in water, said rest having a head adapted to project beyond the body of the soap, said head having a flanged periphery.

2. A tag rest for soap .cakes, said rest formed of a substance indestructible by Water and comprisinga top adapted to project beyond the body of the soap, said top having a plurality of perforations and a flanged periphery.

3. A unitary tag rest for soap cakes, formed of a substance indestructible by Water or soap, and having in combination, a top adapted to project beyond the body of the 20 soap and perforated to permit water to Wash through, said top having a peripheral flange adapted to be embedded in the soap cake.

4. A unitary ta -rest ada ted to project beyond the body 0 a soap ca e, said rest being formed of an insoluble substance and adapted to be embedded in soap cakes, having perforations adapted to admit water, and a portion adapted to be embedded in the soap. A

IXGSSGS.

LEWIS o. ALLEN.

Witnesses;

JOSEPH R. GARDNER,

BENJAMIN H. EDWARDS.

I Intestimony' whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- 

